Located south of Toorak Road in the area between Punt Road and Chapel Street and curving northwards from Fawkner Street towards Toorak Road picturesque Davis Avenue was part of one of the earliest subdivisions in the western section of the Prahran Municipality. Drainage was an issue in the area and in 1884 before this was…
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Cromwell Road is a long residential street running from Toorak Road all the way to Malvern Road. The street was originally only a fraction of the size and was known as Dunster Road. Originally swampland the area was plagued with drainage problems and it wasn’t until improvements to drainage in the area in the 1860s…
The Moore Street area was originally sold in 1849 as Lot 34 for nine pounds an acre, for a total land area of 51 ¾ acres and it stretched from Toorak Road through to Commercial Road and included land now occupied by the railway which was sold to the railway company in the middle 1850’s.…
A quick glance down Marne Street from Fawkner Park and you could be forgiven for thinking it was just an average street. However, the old adage about judging a book by its cover becomes apparent a mere few metres past the Toorak Road corner. Named after a world war one battle, Marne Street is widely…
Darling Street of course was recently made nationally famous with hordes of people traversing its gentle incline to catch a glimpse of number 27, the apartment building that starred in the last series of The Block. However, long before The Block invaded, Darling Street was a favourite amongst some of Melbourne’s most well-known architects and…
Murphy Street South Yarra “I think I will go to the mainland, buy an iron pot and brew some ale” announced John Murphy to his family. Having arrived as a free man in Van Diemans land several years earlier, that is exactly what he did. Murphy commenced his brewery at the western end of Flinders…
Scrubby with small creeks and lots of wildlife, Ralston Street, or Lot 38 as it was originally known was one of the first in South Yarra to be developed. The area of 53 acres was purchased by former Lord Mayor and respected Estate Agent Peter Davis* in 1849 for twelve pounds fifteen shillings per acre…
The residents of Airlie Street South Yarra wouldn’t be surprised to hear that their new Postie was confused about the numbers on their street; it’s an oddity which is frequently remarked on by the residents. ìBut why are the numbers on Airlie Street so odd?î I hear you say… we’ll get to that but first…
The only through road running north south between Toorak and Commercial Roads, Osborne Street offers a convenient and enviable lifestyle – close to Prahran Market, South Yarra Station and the number 8 tram. Osborne Street is one of South Yarra’s oldest. Originally sold as Lot 34 for nine pounds an acre 1849, the total area…
This land was originally purchased in 1849 at the first land sale in the area which was held during a quiet period in the colony’s economy. Former Collins Street Estate Agent and Mayor of Melbourne Peter Davis was the purchaser and he proceeded to subdivide the fifty-three acres he had purchased for twelve pounds fifteen…